Abutilon abutiloides (Jacq.) Garcke

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Malvaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Abutilon abutiloides (Jacq.) Garcke ex Hochr.

  • Description

    Species Description - A shrub, up to 1.5 m. high, the twigs densely stellate-tomentose. Leaves broadly ovate, 2-8 cm. long, serrate nearly all around, stellate-tomentulose on hoth sides, reticulate-veined beneath, acuminate at the apex, cordate at the base, the petioles somewhat shorter than the blades; peduncles longer than the petioles; calyx little enlarged in fruit, its broadly ovate acuminate tomentulose lobes sharply acuminate; petals bright yellow, about 1 cm. long; carpels 7-10, slender-beaked, about 1.5 cm. long.

  • Distribution

    Waste places, Harbor Island, Long Island : Cuba : Hispaniola; Jamaica ; Mexico. Bushy Abutilon.

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